Eastern Highland Otomi
Eastern Highland Otomi is an Otomanguean language spoken in Mexico. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Sierra Otomi a.k.a. Highland Otomi (Otomi de la Sierra) is a dialect cluster of the Otomi language spoken in Mexico by ca. 70,000 people in the highlands of Eastern Hidalgo, Western Veracruz and Northern Puebla. The speakers themselves call the language Yųhų (Eastern Highland) or Ñųhų (Texcatepec and Tenango). Lastra 2001 classifies it as an Eastern Otomi language together with Ixtenco Otomi, Tilapa Otomi, and Acazulco Otomi. The three varieties of Sierra Otomi—Eastern Highland, Texcatepec, and Tenango—are above 70% lexically similar; the Eastern Highland dialects are above 80%, and will be considered here.
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Words in Eastern Highland Otomi
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | 53h3* | |
| eye | da* | |
| ear | gu* | |
| nose | Si5u* | |
| tooth | ci* | |
| tongue | xoni* | |
| hand | ye* | |
| blood | xi* | |
| bone | ndoyo* | |
| knee | 5omu* | |
| breast | 7ba* | |
| liver | ya* | |
| water | dehe* | |
| sun | hyadi* | |
| star | estreya* | |
| stone | do* | |
| tree | 7bayndopo* | |
| leaf | Siriga* | |
| night | Cui* | |
| dog | yay7o* | |
| fish | hwa* | |
| louse | to* | |
| one | 7nda* | |
| two | yoho* | |
| I | nuga* | |
| you | nuige* | |
| drink | ci* | |
| see | hyandi* | |
| hear | ede* | |
| die | tu* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Mezquital OtomiOtomanguean65% alike
- Querétaro OtomiOtomanguean61% alike
- Estado de México OtomiOtomanguean59% alike
- Ixtenco OtomiOtomanguean57% alike
- Temoaya OtomiOtomanguean47% alike
- Tilapa OtomiOtomanguean38% alike
Grammar
- BolinaoAustronesian84% alike
- IwaidjaIwaidjan Proper84% alike
- MangueOtomanguean81% alike
- Ocotlán ZapotecOtomanguean81% alike
- Coastal-Virac BikolAustronesian81% alike
- Temascaltepec NahuatlUto-Aztecan81% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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